Download or read book Classes of Ladies written by Marilyn Booth and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-20 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zaynab Fawwaz (c.1860-1914) was a forceful voice in support of women's rights to education and work choices in colonial-era Egypt. This book explores the writing and influence of her landmark piece al-Durr al-manthur fi tabaqat rabbat al-khudur the first Arabic-language global biographical dictionary of women.